PHARMER ENGINEERING is an Idaho based consulting firm with a focus on water and wastewater engineering services. Our staff at Pharmer Engineering brings over 110 combined years of professional experience from large national engineering companies to a small consulting firm partnership. While Pharmer Engineering is not a large firm, our team brings the “best” of several firms to your disposal and, since we are small, we focus our efforts on what we do best, providing engineering services for the planning, design and construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities.

Our business is conducted knowing that we must earn your trust throughout a project. We plan to do that by providing cost effective engineering services that will provide your community with facilities of the highest quality required to meet the specific needs of the project while striving to keep the overall project costs as low as possible.

Pharmer Engineering includes a core group of highly experienced engineers who specialize in all aspects of wastewater treatment and have experience in nearly every type of unit process in operation today. Our experience in both the municipal and industrial wastewater treatment markets equips us with the versatility to provide you with dependable and creative solutions to your wastewater needs. Pharmer Engineering designed and installed the first MBR treatment plant in the State of Idaho in 2003.

The abbreviated list below provides a brief glimpse of our wastewater treatment unit process experience:

Our services include a full range of construction administration services

In addition to planning and design work, a full range of construction administration services can be provided to our clients. These services can include daily construction observation and inspection, quantity documentation, development of payment requests, shop drawing review, final punch list preparation, final inspection and asbuilt drawing preparation.

Pharmer Engineering will also provide assistance with startup and operator training of the completed facilities. Work typically includes preparation of operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals, procedural training for operators with specialized equipment, as well as assistance with the one year warranty inspection of the contractor’s work.


Our team has developed an excellent working relationship with the IDEQ

Because of everchanging environmental regulations relating to the treatment and disposal of domestic and industrial waste, a strong familiarity with the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality’s (IDEQ) regulations and the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) is critical for the success of this wastewater facilities planning effort.

Pharmer Engineering staff has extensive experience working with IDEQ and EPA on wastewater projects, and are well acquainted with the staff at IDEQ’s regional offices and at the Boise Headquarters.

In addition, our team has developed an excellent working relationship with representatives of the IDEQ with regards to utilizing revolving funds. Additionally, we are experienced and skilled at handling various regulatory subjects including, but not limited to, land use concerns and other environmental issues.

The breadth of our experience includes the following subject areas:

  • Wastewater facility operational troubleshooting
  • Wastewater facilities planning
  • Permit application assistance
  • Funding assistance
  • Wastewater demonstration and treatability testing
  • Facilities Planning
  • Preliminary and Final design
  • Construction management services
  • Capacity Evaluation and Facility Rerating
  • Value Engineering
  • Operation and Maintenance (O&M)/Startup
  • Technical Evaluations/Troubleshooting